I've always known the Amun Priesthood was powerful but I suppose it
never registered in my mind as an important factor. Would any of you
recommend any reading material on the Amun Priesthood, particularly in
the context to the 18th Dynasty?
Hello Danny, You've certainly raised an intriguing point there and one which has particularly fascinated me ever since I started looking at the period in...
Hello Tom and welcome back to Jane! I've always known the Amun Priesthood was powerful but I suppose it never registered in my mind as an important factor....
I've posted some urls which might interest you and others concerning the Amun priesthood, deals made, [ah, politics!], etc.... Thanks for the 'welcome back',...
Hi, I am not an Egyptologist at all but a homeschool mom with a deep love of history. One of the things I note about historical changes in general is that they...
The Essenes were far more ancient than xianity. And, although they have been mistakenly described as being a 'monastery cult' living in Qumran, they actually...
Really? I had always understood that the Essenes co existed in Jesus's time and that they might have influenced John the Baptist. And I also thought the...
LOL.. ok. So.. the Amarna regime was in the opinion of most of the people here so far, purely a kingly obsession that he steamrolled his people into accepting...
I don't think it's quite as clear as that; as most members have already stated, Atenism was already in its embryonic form during Amenhotep III's reign....
Not mine.... It was begun by Amenhotep III, at least, if not earlier. The Amun priesthood was wresting more power from the throne than was comfortable to those...
I think it is extremely misleading to say that Ikhenaton "steamrolled" the AE people. The temples of AE are NOT the parallels of modern churchs and Cathedrals....
This would be one of the reasons that I personally do not agree with those who state that Akhenaten was a monotheist..... People, including the king, had many...
The Amarna Regime; More than likely the common farmer or worker went on with his daily activities uncaring of what the far away leadership did to pass their...
Hi Jane and whoever might be interested..my email is sloukanis@.... Allison ... From: Jane Richards To: horizonaten@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July...
Now this is interesting. Not being a professional here I hadn't stopped to consider that the King and the upper class plus their gods would be removed from the...
Isn't it true that religion in Ancient Egypt didn't necessarily entail morality like it does nowadays but that they regarded it more as we do science? Tom...
I have no idea what others' opinions are but IMO and from what I've studied, the AE always practiced a traditional, symbolic, mythic style in their coping with...
... entail morality like it does nowadays but that they regarded it more as we do science? I would think that Egyptian religion, whatever its form, always had ...
<< Not being a professional here I hadn't stopped to consider that the King and the upper class plus their gods would be removed from the life of the common...
Blond hair? Doesn't the hair get bleached during the mummifying process? Allison ... From: Jane Richards To: horizonaten@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July...
... process? Not to the point of being "blond" - usually hair retains its actual colouring throughout most of the embalming process. When analysis was done of...
I have been enjoying this discussion very much. Thank you to all the scholars here who are sharing what they know about this very fascinating time of history....
You bet.. I find this fascinating! Allison ... From: Shulamite To: horizonaten@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [horizonaten]...
Yuya ( whose pix is in the link you sent) seems to me to have a faint resemblance to Vanessa Redgrave! lol.. this is amazing. All kinds of people in Egypt....
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